Editing Intellivision (section)

===Intellivision Lives!===
{{See also|Intellivision Lives!#History and development}}
Intellivision games became readily available again when Keith Robinson and Stephen Roney, both former Intellivision programmers at Mattel Electronics, obtained exclusive rights to the Intellivision and games in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/people/askhal/askhal.html#A5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728023443/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/people/askhal/askhal.html#A5|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2017-07-28|title=Intellivision Classic Video Game System / Frequently Asked Questions|website=www.intellivisionlives.com}}</ref> That year they formed a new company, Intellivision Productions, and made [[Intellivision Lives!#History and development|''Intellivision for PC Volume 1'']] available as a free download. Intellivision games could be played on a modern computer for the first time. That download includes three Intellivision games and an [[MS-DOS]] Intellivision [[emulator]] that plays original game code. It was followed by ''Volume 2'' and another three games including ''Deep Pockets Super Pro Pool & Billiards''; a game completed in 1990 but never released until this download in 1997. In 2000, the ''Intellipack 3'' download was available with another four Intellivision games and emulators for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] or [[Classic Mac OS|Macintosh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/download.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612145631/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/download.shtml|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2017-06-12|title=Intellivision Downloads|website=www.intellivisionlives.com}}</ref>

Intellivision Productions released ''[[Intellivision Lives!]]'' and ''[[Intellivision Rocks]]'' on compact disc in 1998 and 2001. These compilation CDs play the original game code through emulators for [[MS-DOS]], [[Windows 95|Windows]], and [[Macintosh]] computers. Together they have over 100 Intellivision games including never before released ''King of the Mountain, Takeover, Robot Rubble'', ''League of Light'', and others. Intellivision Rocks includes Intellivision games made by [[Activision]] and [[Imagic]]. Some games could not be included due to licensing, others simply used different titles to avoid trademarked names. The CDs are also a resource for development history, box art, hidden features, programmer biographies, video interviews, and original commercials.<ref name=Lives/>

Also in 1997, Intellivision Productions announced they would sell development tools allowing customers to program their own Intellivision games. They were to provide documentation, [[IBM PC compatible|PC]] compatible [[Assembly language|cross-assemblers]], and the ''Magus II'' [[IBM PC compatible|PC]] Intellivision cartridge interface. Unfortunately, the project was cancelled but they did provide copies of "Your Friend the EXEC", the programmers guide to the Intellivision Executive control software.<ref name=magus2>{{cite web|url=http://atariage.com/forums/topic/202211-rare-but-not-valuable/|title=Rare, but not valuable – Intellivision / Aquarius|access-date=2017-04-11|archive-date=2017-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411140638/http://atariage.com/forums/topic/202211-rare-but-not-valuable/|url-status=live}}</ref> By 2000 Intellivision hobbyists ultimately created their own development tools,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sdk-1600.spatula-city.org/old-index.html|title=SDK-1600 Release 3 Home Page: Program your Intellivision!|website=sdk-1600.spatula-city.org|access-date=2017-04-11|archive-date=2017-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411140353/http://sdk-1600.spatula-city.org/old-index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> including Intellivision memory cartridges.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/intellivision/comments/50oiuc/intellivision_flash_multicart_now_available/|title=r/intellivision – Intellivision Flash Multi-cart now available|website=reddit|date=September 2016|access-date=2017-04-11|archive-date=2017-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411135739/https://www.reddit.com/r/intellivision/comments/50oiuc/intellivision_flash_multicart_now_available/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2005, Intellivision Productions announced that new Intellivision cartridges were to be produced. "Deep Pockets and Illusions will be the first two releases in a series of new cartridges for the Intellivision. The [[printed circuit board]]s, the cartridge casings, the boxes are all being custom manufactured for this special series."<ref name=livesnews200511>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170614/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/media/newsletters/news051115.html Newsletter Nov 2005]}} intellivisionlives.com</ref> ''Illusions'' was completed at Mattel Electronics' French office in 1983 but never released. ''Deep Pockets Super Pro Pool & Billiards'' was programmed for INTV Corporation in 1990 and only released as a [[ROM image|ROM file]] in 1998. However, no cartridges were produced. Previously, in 2000, Intellivision Productions did release new cartridges for the Atari 2600 and Colecovision.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/media/newsletters/news000818.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728172921/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/media/newsletters/news000818.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2017-07-28|title=Intellivision Classic Videogame System 8/18/00 News|website=www.intellivisionlives.com}}</ref> ''Sea Battle'' and ''Swordfight'' were Atari 2600 games created by Mattel Electronics in the early 1980s but not previously released. ''Steamroller'' (Colecovision) was developed for Activision in 1984 and not previously released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/retrotopia/steam.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411140413/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/retrotopia/steam.shtml|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2017-04-11|title=Retrotopia Classic Videogame System Store: Steamroller|website=www.intellivisionlives.com}}</ref>